Kazutaka Kodaka, creator of the Danganronpa series, has revealed that he considered quitting the games industry after a proposed sequel to his high-school murder mystery franchise was initially rejected. The creator, closely associated with the "ride or die" killing-game format that made Danganronpa a cult hit, said he was reluctant to move on to another project after the franchise's rocky path to continuation, underlining how attached he had become to the series and its characters.

Kodaka is quoted as saying "I didn't want to work on another project," reflecting the depth of his disappointment when a follow-up was turned down before eventually being greenlit. The full article text was not available beyond this framing, so further specifics on the sequel's development history, timeline or eventual approval were not retrievable from the source page.